Since the current flowing through the SENSE lines is essen-

1kX resistor so the voltage at the inverting input of the op

amp accurately represents the voltage at the top (or bot-

tom) of the ladder The op amp drives the FORCE input and

forces the voltage at the ends of the ladder to equal the

voltage at the op amps’s non-inverting input plus or minus

its input offset voltage For this reason op amps with low

application When used in this configuration the ADC12062

typically has less than 05 LSB of offset and gain error with-

out any user adjustments

The 01 mF and 10 mF capacitors on the force inputs pro-

vide high frequency decoupling of the reference ladder The

500X force resistors isolate the op amps from this large

capacitive load The 001 mF1 kX network provides zero

phase shift at high frequencies to ensure stability Note that

g

15V to meet the inputoutput voltage range requirements

of the LM627 and supply the sub-zero voltage to the

passed to analog ground with a 01 mF ceramic capacitor

The reference inputs are fully differential and define the

zero to full-scale range of the input signal They can be

or they can be connected to different voltages (within the

0V to 5V limits) when other input spans are required The

(SENSE)

e

4096V Reducing the reference voltage span to

less than 4V increases the sensitivity (reduces the LSB size)

of the converter however noise performance degrades

when lower reference voltages are used A plot of dynamic

performance vs reference voltage is given in the Typical

Performance Characteristics section

If the converter will be used in an application where DC

accuracy is secondary to dynamic performance then a sim-

pler reference circuit may suffice The circuit shown in

Fig-

ure 11 will introduce several LSBs of offset and gain error

but INL DNL and all dynamic specifications will be unaf-

fected

All bypass capacitors should be located as close to the

ADC12062 as possible to minimize noise on the reference

ground with a 01 mF ceramic capacitor

The LM4040 shunt voltage reference is available with a

4096V output voltage With initial accuracies as low as

g

01% it makes an excellent reference for the ADC12062

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